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Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Vero Beach Florida

Consultations and supervision of design, construction and operation of distillation system of bio-refinery products. HazOp analysis of Organosolv process production plant. Organosolv is a pulping technique that uses an organic solvent to solubilize lignin and hemicellulose. Expert in Bioenergy Technologies helped the Department of Energy review proposals.

Fort Myers, Florida Area

Principal Engineer,Capital Project team leader, responsible of Process Design Package (PDP) by coordinating technical information from R&D and pilot plant teams. Managed five engineers. Issued a Basis of design (BOD) for Algenol’s first commercial reference plant in Florida. Completed Process Flow Diagrams and a draft of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams.

Mongstad TCM Norway

Process (CAP) is post-combustion technology that captures CO2 emitted from power plants or industrial sources. Deployment of this technology requires operating data and validated simulation design tool that can evaluate various CAP configurations to achieve the lowest possible capital cost, energy demand and operating cost.Managed 5 validation engineers on.

Knoxville TN

• participated in design and process Development of Chilled Ammonia Process (CAP) for CO2 Capture, conducted control system strategy for commercial plants, proficient in ASPEN Dynamic model, Pressure Mapping,sensitivity.
• Patent application of sophisticated control strategy application in Ammonia stripping
• Patent application of Stripper simulation and Ammonia stripping
• Patent application low pressure steam consumption to reduce energy consumption
• Patent application new absorbers configuration to reduce capital cost
• Patent application to reduce capital cost of equipment new configurations

Wausau, Wisconsin Area

• Managed design and construction of Biorefinery development pilot plants, Program manager of DOD projects
• Five Biorefinery development pilot plants to produce Butanol, ethanol, and bio-oil
• 2.5 MMGPY Biodiesel production plant (EPC)
• $12 M DOE grant application for 1 t/d Biorefinery project

• Engineering support to upgrade units in Pine Bend Refinery projects, Control modernization projects that improved operational productivity and energy efficiency, Hysys modeling of refinery systems
• Hydraulic modeling of sour water system
• Hysys sour and pure Hydrogen simulation
• Alkylation (replace alkyl contactor)
• Amine gas treating for Sulfur and CO2 capture
• Hydro treating units upgrade (HP/LP interface)

Greater Denver Area

• Thermochemical conversion of biomass (wood chips Gasification process) to Ethanol; Experienced in chemical engineering, process development, and equipment design; Formalized safety checklist to ensure complete review.
• Pilot plant and Full-scale gasification plants
• ASPEN modeling of Gasification systems
• EPC (Merrick and CH2M HILL) coordination

Baghdad And Detroit MI

• Involved in Industrial processes; Planned policies and procedures, leading to enhanced internal and external relations; Designed, Directed, supervised and coordinated activities of designated projects including foreign.
• Ethanol joint venture plants (10MMGPY) EPC
• Vegetable oil production plant (30t/d)
• Spray drying unit of Liquorices production plant
• Glass production plant for bottle and jar (70t/d)
• Five Food grade CO2 production plants (EPC)

Greater San Diego Area

• MEET US -Entrepreneur Program, CA (2005)
• Diploma of Beyster Institute Rady School of Management UC, San Diego CA

Phd, Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

• Diploma Of Beyster Institute Rady School Of Management Uc, San Diego Ca (2005)